Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual conduct due to substance abuse could have caused the person to contract the disease. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their substance abuse problem, typically require rehabilitation services tailor-made to satisfy their particular demands and challenges. Many of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS almost never take care of themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to preserve their health. Therefore, they arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while also dealing with other crucial issues. Besides the obvious necessity to deliver medical solutions while in rehab, people with HIV/AIDS will also need to address more deeply rooted issues which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Usually, people have situations within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, like oppressive conditions in their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which rehab professionals will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS rehab services.